Electoral district of Werribee

The electoral district of Werribee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It has existed in two incarnations, first from 1976 to 2002,^[1] and was created again in the 2013 redistribution and came into effect at the 2014 state election.^[2]

Werribee Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Werribee (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Dates current	1976–2002 2014–present
MP	John Lister
Party	Labor
Namesake	Suburb of Werribee
Electors	46,282 (2018)
Area	339 km2 (130.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

Based on the rapidly growing outer south west suburbs of Melbourne, it takes in areas from Tarneit and Lara. It covers the suburbs of Werribee, Wyndham Vale, and the rural areas surrounding these suburbs to the south and west.^[3]

Werribee was estimated to be a safe Labor seat with a margin of 11.4%, and was held by Labor with a further 4.2% swing towards them at the 2014 state election.^[4]

Members for Werribee

First incarnation (1976–2002)

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Neville Hudson (1923–1980)	Liberal	20 March 1976 – 5 May 1979
		Ken Coghill (1944–)	Labor	5 May 1979 – 30 March 1996	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly between 1988 and 1992. Retired[5]
		Mary Gillett (1958–)	Labor	30 March 1996 – 30 November 2002	Moved to Tarneit after seat abolished

Second incarnation (2014–present)

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Tim Pallas (1960–)	Labor	29 November 2014 – 6 January 2025	Previously member for Tarneit.[6] Treasurer of Victoria from 2014 until 2024.[7] Resigned[8]
		John Lister	Labor	8 February 2025 – present	Won by-election. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Werribee

2025 Werribee state by-election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Murphy	12,207	28.98	+3.65
	Labor	John Lister	12,168	28.89	−16.47
	Independent	Paul Hopper	6,134	14.56	+8.66
	Greens	Rifai A. Raheem	3,190	7.57	+0.80
	Victorian Socialists	Sue Munro	3,008	7.14	+3.54
	Legalise Cannabis	Xavier Menta	2,316	5.50	+5.50
	Family First	Matt Emerson	1,827	4.34	+1.84
	Animal Justice	Shohre Mansouri Jajaee	401	0.95	−0.94
	Independent	Munish Joshi	352	0.84	+0.84
	Independent	Aidan McLindon	270	0.64	+0.64
	Independent	Aijaz Moinuddin	164	0.39	+0.39
	Independent	Kodei Mulcahy	80	0.19	+0.19
Total formal votes			42,117	93.34	+3.06
Informal votes			3,003	6.66	−3.06
Turnout			45,120	79.91	−5.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Lister	21,405	50.82	−10.10
	Liberal	Steve Murphy	20,712	49.18	+10.10
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.10

This section is an excerpt from 2025 Werribee state by-election § Results.[edit]